JONATHAN WATERIDGE
b. 1972, ZambiaOften depicting domestic scenes both interior and exterior, Wateridge’s canvases evoke a duality of familiarity and strangeness. In recent years, Wateridge has reinvented his visual language, presenting a distinctive vision that combines high-modern formalism with echoes of the cinematic. In contrast to the modelled realism of his earlier works, his current ghost-like figures are charged with feelings of isolation and uncertainty. These atomised and translucent beings are seamlessly interrupted by or absorbed into their environments, inviting contemplation on the social relationship between these figures and the insecurity of their world.
Recent solo exhibitions: Vanishing Point, GRIMM, London (UK); Afterparty, Nino Mier Gallery, New York, NY (US); Aftersun, Nino Mier Gallery, Brussels (BE); Inland Water, Nino Mier Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (US); This Side of Paradise, TJ Boulting, London (UK); Enclave, Pace London / HENI, London (UK); Colony, Galerie Michael Haas, Berlin (DE) and Inter + Vista, L + M Arts, Los Angeles, CA (US).
Selected collections: Aïshti Foundation, Jal el Dib (LB); AkzoNobel Art Foundation, Amsterdam (NL); Didier Casimiro, Kiev (UA); Loed Evans, London (UK); Mollie Dent Brocklehurst, London (UK); Pinault Foundation, Paris (FR) and Venice (IT); Rennie Collection, Vancouver (CA); Saatchi Collection, London (UK); Simmons & Simmons, London (UK); Zabludowicz Collection, London (UK).
Courtesy GRIMM, Amsterdam/London/New York.
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